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1. aefauldly, adv. View full entry OE
...Once, singly. Also: (Grammar) in the singular. Obs....
2. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
3. better, adj. and adv. (and n.1) View full entry c888
...Of greater excellence, of superior quality....
4. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
5. book, n. View full entry 872-915
...A writing; a written document; esp. a charter or deed by which land (hence called bócland) was conveyed. Obs....
6. borrow, v.1 View full entry a1000
...trans....
7. break, v. View full entry 851
...trans. generally....
8. breaking, n. View full entry c975
...in transitive senses....
9. breath, n. View full entry c893
...Odour, smell, scent. Obs....
10. broad, adj., n.1, and adv. View full entry 971
...Extended in the direction measured from side to side; wide. Opposed to narrow....
11. canon, n.1 View full entry c890
...A rule, law, or decree of the Church; esp. a rule laid down by an ecclesiastical Council. the canon (collectively) = canon law1b....
12. child, n. View full entry c950
...The unborn or newly born human being; fœtus, infant. App. originally always used in relation to the mother as the ‘fruit of the womb’....
13. cluster, n. View full entry a800
...A collection of things of the same kind, as fruits or flowers, growing closely together; a bunch....
14. dark, adj. View full entry OE
...Characterized by (absolute or relative) absence of light; devoid of or deficient in light; unilluminated; said esp. of night....
15. deep, adj. View full entry 854
...Having great or considerable extension downward....
16. empty, adj. and n. View full entry c897
...Of persons: At leisure, not occupied or engaged. Also, unmarried. Only in Old English....
17. end, n. View full entry c825
...The extremity or outermost part (in any direction) of a portion of space, or of anything extended in space; utmost limit. Obs. in general sense; retained in phrase, the...
18. fall, v. View full entry c890
...intr. To drop from a high or relatively high position. Const. †in, into, to, on, upon; also, to the earth...
19. fan, n.1 View full entry a800
...An instrument for winnowing grain....
20. folk, n. View full entry c888
...A people, nation, race, tribe. Obs. exc. arch....
